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Appreciated greeting (7)

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I believe the answer is:

welcome

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This might be a double definition.

'appreciated' is the first definition.
Both the definition and answer are adjectives. Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?

'greeting' is the second definition.
(I know that welcome is a type of greeting)

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for welcome that I've seen before include "Accept gladly" , "Friendly greeting" , "vales is delightful!" , "Multiply it by a hundred thousand here" , "Greet; gladly received" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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